Hassan Mugenyi, the campaign focal person, says the Bugoma forest is a habitat for different wild animals, medicinal plants. He says that the destruction of the forest reserve has forced wild animals that used to settle in the forest to raid peoples’ gardens and homes in search of food.
Kadaga is opposed to the proposed zoning of cane growers, which according to President; Yoweri Museveni will ensure a sustainable, harmonized and competitive sugar sector to meet national and international standards.
The president asked MPs to include zoning in the sugar bill, which is meant to ensure that there is a sustainable, diversified, harmonized, modern and competitive sugar sector to meet domestic, regional and International requirements.
Dr. Stephen Kiwemba, Jinja district Production officer says that once passed into law, the ordinance will stop farmers with less than three acres of land from growing sugarcane and outlaw the sale of premature crops in the garden.
Ignatias Tumwesigye, the leader of the eviction operation told Uganda Radio Network on phone that he is only enforcing an eviction order issued by Sango Bay and Ministry of Finance.
In a bid to reduce the continuous power blackouts by UMEME, Sugar and Allied Industries Limited (SAIL) is set to produce 12 megawatts of power starting early next year.
More than 500 residents in Lwabyata Sub County in Nakasongola have staged protests and blocked the bulldozers of Tirupati Development Company from evicting them on 4 square miles of land without compensation.